Date Published: 05/01/2023

ARCHIVED - Jumilla Council improves flood defences around the castle

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The Town Council is building a gabion wall and digging a ditch to stop rainwater from flooding local properties

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Jumilla Council improves flood defences around the castle

Jumilla Town Council is shoring up the rainwater flood defences around the municipality’s impressive 15th-century castle in order to protect the homes of local residents.

Work has begun to construct a gabion wall, which consists of large rocks stacked inside sturdy metal cages, and a ditch which will divert rainwater coming down off the slope of the Castle hill.

Specifically, this work is being carried out in an area located in the Third District of Jumilla, at the back of Calle de Nuestra Señora de Fátima, where there are several traditional cave houses which are frequently affected by rainwater runoff when it pours down.

The work is being carried out at the request of the residents of the area. This solution will prevent large amounts of water from reaching the roofs of their houses, which are concreted and, in some cases, waterproofed.

The work is being carried out by the company Construcciones Crespo, for a total amount of 26,198.98 euros.

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Oficina de Turismo Jumilla

The tourist office in the centre of Jumilla is easily found by driving straight into the centre of the town along the Avenida de Murcia and following the signposts. The tourist office is alongside the Parque de Don Albano Martínez Molina, where there are a number of parking spaces.

Jumilla, in the north of the Region of Murcia, has become internationally famous over recent decades due to the quality of the wines produced in the municipality, and wine tourism has begun to attract visitors from other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.

The tourist office is happy to provide a range of maps and leaflets showing the different bodegas which can be visited within the municipality. Some of these form part of the Rutas del Vino de Jumilla, the Jumilla wine route, and can either be visited as a guided tour or sell their produce directly to the public.(see feed below for more details)

However, the town and the surrounding countryside have plenty of other attractions for visitors, and the popularity of Jumilla wines is leading more and more people to discover other facets of the tenth largest municipality in Spain.

Jumilla Tourist Office

These include the spectacular countryside and birdlife in the Sierra del Carche, the historic remains which range from cave paintings and a Roman mausoleum to the castle, the Iglesia de Santiago, the Town Hall and the Teatro Vico, and the gastronomy: rich stews are accompanied not only by the wines of the area but also by Jumilla pears, which also enjoy Denomination of Origin status.

Tourism in Jumilla is not as seasonal as it is in the coastal areas of the Region of Murcia, but the town is at its liveliest during the fiestas in Holy Week and the August Fair, which incorporates the grape harvest celebrations and the Moors and Christians parades.

The Altiplano of the Region of Murcia, which consists of the municipalities of Jumilla and Yecla, is only just over an hour by car from the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Mazarrón, Torrevieja and Alicante, and anyone wishing to visit real inland Spain and world-class wineries is advised to include Jumilla in their schedule.